Fons Rademakers

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-09-05 (87 years old)

Deathday

2007-02-22

Place of Birth

Roosendaal, Netherlands

Fons Rademakers

Biography

Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers (5 September 1920 – 22 February 2007) was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. His 1960 film Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award. During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, including The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, and The Village on the River, nominated for the same award in 1959. Making him both the first Dutch director to be nominated and win this award. He granted a wide-ranging interview to Radio Netherlands in 1987. He...

Acting

1981

Vrijdag

as Chef van Jules

1971

Mira

as Notaris

1968

The Enemies

as Willy

1978

Mysteries

as Chief Constable

1969

Obsessions

as Raoul Orlov

1993

1975

Katie Tippel

as Klant

1975

Lifespan

as Prof. van Arp

Production

1986

The Assault

as Director

1986

The Assault

as Producer

1976

Max Havelaar

as Director

1973

1973

1971

Mira

as Director

1958

1961

The Knife

as Director

1989

The Rose Garden

as Director

1960

1973

1960

That Joyous Eve...

as Scenario Writer

1966

1978

The Inheritance

as Producer

1976

Max Havelaar

as Producer

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